The Role and Function of Repentance Within the Narrative of Luke-acts and Within the Social World Depicted by that Narrative
Title | The Role and Function of Repentance Within the Narrative of Luke-acts and Within the Social World Depicted by that Narrative PDF eBook |
Author | Guy Dale Nave |
Publisher | |
Pages | 652 |
Release | 2000 |
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The Role and Function of Repentance in Luke-Acts
Title | The Role and Function of Repentance in Luke-Acts PDF eBook |
Author | Guy D. Nave |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 2002-01-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9789004126947 |
This book explores the central function of the concept "repentance" in the narrative structure and implied social world of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, and provides an excellent synthesis and analysis of the usage of "repent" and "repentance" in Classical, Hellenistic, Hellenistic Jewish, and early Christian literature. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)
Dissertation Abstracts International
Title | Dissertation Abstracts International PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 634 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Dissertations, Academic |
ISBN |
The Role and Function of Repentance in Luke-Acts
Title | The Role and Function of Repentance in Luke-Acts PDF eBook |
Author | Guy D. Nave (jr.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 241 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781589830318 |
Conversion in Luke-Acts
Title | Conversion in Luke-Acts PDF eBook |
Author | Joel B. Green |
Publisher | Baker Academic |
Pages | 209 |
Release | 2015-11-24 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1441220968 |
Repentance and conversion are key topics in New Testament interpretation and in Christian life. However, the study of conversion in early Christianity has been plagued by psychological assumptions alien to the world of the New Testament. Leading New Testament scholar Joel Green believes that careful attention to the narrative of Luke-Acts calls for significant rethinking about the nature of Christian conversion. Drawing on the cognitive sciences and examining key evidence in Luke-Acts, this book emphasizes the embodied nature of human life as it explores the life transformation signaled by the message of conversion, offering a new reading of a key aspect of New Testament theology.
Forthcoming Books
Title | Forthcoming Books PDF eBook |
Author | Rose Arny |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1752 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | American literature |
ISBN |
Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (2nd edn)
Title | Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (2nd edn) PDF eBook |
Author | J B GREEN |
Publisher | Inter-Varsity Press |
Pages | 1849 |
Release | 2020-05-21 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1789740266 |
The Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels is unique among reference books on the Bible, the first volume of its kind since James Hastings published his Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels in 1909. In the more than eight decades since Hastings, our understanding of Jesus, the Evangelists and their world has grown remarkably. New interpretive methods illumined the text, the ever-changing profile of modern culture has put new questions to the Gospels, and our understanding of the Judaism of Jesus's day has advanced in ways that could not have been predicted in Hastings's day. But for many readers of the Gospels the new outlook on the Gospels remains hidden within technical journals and academic monographs. The Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels bridges the gap between scholars and those pastors, teachers, students and lay people desiring in-depth treatment of select topics in an accessible and summary format. The topics range from cross-sectional themes (such as faith, law, Sabbath) to methods of interpretation (such as form criticism, redaction criticism, sociological approaches), from key events (such as the birth, temptation and death of Jesus) to each of the four Gospels as a whole. Some articles - such as the Dead Sea Scrolls, rabbinic traditions and revolutionary movements at the time of Jesus - provide significant background information to the Gospels. Others reflect recent and less familiar issues in Jesus and Gospel studies, such as divine man, ancient rhetoric and the chreiai. Contemporary concerns of general interest are discusses in articles covering such topics as healing, the demonic and the historical reliability of the Gospels. And for those entrusted with communicating the message of the Gospels, there is an extensive article on preaching from the Gospels. The Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels presents the fruit of evangelical New Testament scholarship at the end of the twentieth century - committed to the authority of Scripture, utilising the best of critical methods, and maintaining dialog with contemporary scholarship and challenges facing the church.